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MEMORANDUMTO:Law Students Eligible to Participate in the2014 Cook County Bar Association (“CCBA”) Minority Law Student Job FairFROM:2015 CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair CommitteeDATE:March 16, 2015RE:Student Registration Information for the 2015 Job FairThe Cook County Bar Association (“CCBA”) is pleased to invite you to participate in the32nd Annual CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair (“Job Fair”). In an effort to keep thestudent-to-employer ratio as low as possible, we are only inviting JD students in the classes of2017 (current 1Ls/rising 2Ls) and 2016 (current 2Ls/rising 3Ls). Please note that studentsgraduating in any month prior to December 2015 (current 3Ls) are not eligible. Allparticipating students must be from fully accredited law schools. Students must also fall into oneof the following categories: attend a law school ranked among the top 30 as determined by U.S. News andWorld Report, orattend law school at a historically black college or university, orattend a law school located in the Midwest as defined by the National Associationfor Law Placement (NALP); orbe a fellow or associate of the Council on Legal Educational Opportunity (CLEO).This year’s Job Fair will be held on Friday, August 14, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00p.m. Please note that the Job Fair will return to the Embassy Suites Chicago –Downtown/Lakefront, located at 511 N. Columbus Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611. The EmbassySuites is located two blocks from Chicago’s Magnificent Mile shopping and entertainment districtand is minutes from Navy Pier, Lake Michigan and several world-class museums. The hotel’slarge suites are conducive to conducting formal interviews, as the sleeping area is closed off whileinterviews are in progress.The Job Fair typically attracts more than 500 students from the eligible law schools. Eachyear law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies register for the Job Fair. Theseemployers are located primarily in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, andWashington D.C. In addition, we have several employers registered from Colorado, Iowa,Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Nebraska. For more information, please visitour website at www.ccbaminorityjobfair.org.The CCBA Job Fair primarily is designed to obtain summer associate positions for rising2Ls (current 1Ls) during their second summer in law school. A limited number of employers alsowish to interview rising 3Ls (current 2Ls) for entry-level associate positions. Rising 3Ls please beaware that Job Fair interview slots for rising 2Ls typically outnumber those for rising 3Lsby a 4:1 ratio.The 2015 Job Fair Committee adheres to the definition of “minority” provided by NALP,which includes students that are part of certain racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual orientationgroups. It is our policy that all students from eligible law schools may register for ourevent. However, the employers registered for the CCBA Minority Job Fair expect to be able tointerview law students of color that are part of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Policy on Discrimination: The CCBA Job Fair Committee is committed to a policy againstdiscrimination in employment based on age, sex, sexual preference, race, handicap, veteranstatus, or national origin. Job Fair services are available only to those employers whose practicesare in agreement with this policy. By registering, law schools affirm their intent to comply with thispolicy.During the last hour of the Job Fair we will be hosting an Open House Reception that willallow registered students to mingle with employers on an informal basis. Students interested ina particular employer who did not receive a formal interview with that employer will be given theopportunity to meet that firm/organization’s representatives at the Open House Reception.We will not have any sort of on-site matching process. Instead, with the help of theLaw School Career Services offices, we will keep the amount of “no shows” to a minimum exceptin the cases of extreme emergencies only.Each registered law school’s career services office has provided us a contact person whowill serve as that school’s Job Fair Liaison. Students, your Job Fair Liaison will be the pointperson that should serve as your primary informational resource for our Job Fair. Additionally,Job Fair Liaisons will be called upon to verify each student’s class year and graduation date oncestudent registration closes. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please first ask your school’sJob Fair Liaison.Student Registration will open on March 16, 2015. You must adhere to our registrationprocess as listed herein. Registration for the Job Fair is mandatory; absolutely no “walk-ins”will be allowed to participate. Registration for the Job Fair must be completed electronicallythrough Symplicity, an internet matched matching program.[INTENTIONALLY BLANK – SEE NEXT PAGE]

2015 CCBA Minority Law Student Job Fair Registration InstructionsSTEP ONE - Confirm Law School RegistrationStudents should first consult with their law school’s CCBA Job Fair Liaison in theirrespective Career Services Offices to confirm that their law school has registered for the 2015Job Fair. Law schools must register BEFORE any registration of its students will be approved.STEP TWO - Create your personal CCBA Job Fair ProfileTo register, please visit https://law-ccba-csm.symplicity.com/ and register for a newaccount. If you are a rising 3L that participated in the 2014 CCBA Job Fair, please do not useyour log-in information from last year. All 2015 participants must create a new account. Youmust list your correct class year and graduation date. Only rising 2Ls (current 1Ls) and rising 3Ls(current 2Ls) are allowed to register for our Job Fair. Please note that students graduating inany month prior to December 2015 (current 3Ls) are not eligible. Students, please note thatyou will be required to include the correct email address for your law school’s Job Fair Liaisonon your registration profile. Please identify this person prior to registering and consult with themas a resource for all questions related to the CCBA Job Fair.CLEO fellows and associates: if you attend a law school listed on the drop-down menu,please make that selection. If you do not attend any school listed in the drop-down menu, ONLYTHEN should you select the CLEO program as your “law school” for purposes of your studentprofile. Those students should provide the email address of the CLEO program director as their“Job Fair Liaison.” Please note that CLEO students participating in the job fair solely throughCLEO cannot register for the 2015 Job Fair until the CLEO program director registers theorganization to participate in the 2015 Job Fair.Once you complete your profile and click “submit,” you will be sent an email asking toconfirm your email address. Once you confirm your email address, then our administrators willreview your profile information. After the Job Fair Committee confirms that your law school has,in fact, registered for the 2015 Job Fair, and you appear to meet our eligibility requirements, thenyou will be sent a student registration confirmation/welcome message for your records. You nowmay log back in to Symplicty to confirm or edit your profile information, change your password,and upload your resume.STEP THREE - Submit your resume online by Friday, May 15, 2015Each participating student must register and upload their resume to their Job Fair profileby Friday, May 15, 2015 at 11:59 PM CST (NO EXCEPTIONS). It is best to upload your resumeimmediately after creating your profile. Your resume must include your name, email address, lawschool name, and your graduation date. Next, each student’s registration will undergo the 2015Job Fair Committee’s approval process which includes:1. Verification that each student’s law school has registered for the Job Fair;2. Confirmation from each student’s Job Fair Liaison that they meet all participationcriteriaa.Each student must actually attend the school listed in their profile and ontheir resume;b.Each student must actually be in the classes of 2017 or 2016 (rising 2Lsand 3Ls only - no graduates may attend), and;c.Each student’s projected graduation date must be correct.

Please note that we will compile a list of participating law students from each school andsend it to each school’s designated Job Fair Liaison in May following the student registrationdeadline. Each Job Fair Liaison will review their school’s individual participation list, removeineligible students, sign off on the final version, and send it back to us. All unverified students willbe deleted from our system.STEP FOUR - Bid for your top 25 employers of choice by May 31, 2015After completing our approval process, each student will have the opportunity to bid for 25ranked employer selections from approximately May 25, 2015 through May 31, 2015. Pleasenote that students for whom we are unable to verify the school attended, class year, and/orgraduation date will be deleted from our Symplicity registration system at this time.All properly registered students will be able to bid for employers after they receivean email from us prompting them to do so. Students should log onto Symplicity utilizing theirpreviously selected username and password. All student bids must be complete by Sunday, May31, 2015 at 11:59 PM CST - NO EXCEPTIONS.Before bidding, students should utilize the web, your school's Career Services Office,your Job Fair Liaison, and our website to obtain information about each employer. Studentsshould seriously consider selecting a variety of employers with whom they wish to interview. Ithas been our experience that the majority of students tend to select large, national/internationallaw firms. If you are open to working for firms outside of Chicago, corporate law departments,small/medium-sized law firms, and/or public interest/governmental agencies, you will probablymaximize the number of employers with whom you are matched for interviews. For additionalinformation, please visit www.ccbaminorityjobfair.org.After each approved student selects their 25 ranked employers with whom they wish tointerview, their registration process will be complete. Please note that you will only be allowed toview and select employers who are interviewing your J.D. year at the 2015 Job Fair. Registeredemployers then will be given the resume of every student that selected them. They then will preselect eight students with whom they wish to interview comprising one-half of their interviewschedule. The remaining one-half of their schedule will be filled based upon student preferenceselections through an electronically generated bidding process.STEP FIVE - Review your initial interview schedule in late JuneWe expect initial schedules to be generated on or about June 30, 2015. We will sendeach student an email prompting them to view their initial interview schedule when itbecomes available on Symplicity.STEP SIX - Amend your initial interview schedule in JulyAfter your initial interview schedule becomes available on Symplicity, you will have theopportunity to amend it through the drop, add, and cancellation process. You will be able tocancel individual interviews or your entire interview schedule if you so desire. If you did notreceive as many interviews as you anticipated, then you will have the opportunity to bid for openinterview slots and for any newly-added, additional employers available at that time. All initialdrops and cancellations should be completed as soon as possible after the receipt of yourinterview schedule. All interview additions should be selected by Sunday, July 6, 2015 at 11:59PM CST.